National Briefing | South: Winds Claim Lives

By Ariel Hart (NYT)

Published: March 9, 2004

At least two people were killed on Sunday night when high winds swept through North and South Carolina. The storm also knocked out power to more than 370,000 people, and 90,000 remained without power yesterday, energy companies said. A Huntersville, N.C., man was killed by a falling tree, and a 13-year-old boy drowned in Lake Greenwood, S.C., after the boat he was in capsized. The winds reached gusts of 66 miles an hour. Ariel Hart (NYT)